If you are going to do that then why not make ps check for procfs
	& use it if found. (Unless you specify a different kmem of course :)

		David

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On Sun, 2 Jul 1995, Antti Miettinen wrote:

> gwr@mc.com writes:
> >I generaly like getting away from any use of the old (crufty)
> >trick of opening /dev/kmem or /dev/mem and snooping around.
> >The /proc fs alternative seems nice an clean by comparison.
> 
> Chris_G_Demetriou@lagavulin.pdl.cs.cmu.edu writes:
> >I'd rather avoid the bloat in the kernel, and also make users of ps
> >'pay' directly for the I/O's they incur.
> 
> So how about a new separate version of ps for those who want to use
> /proc? This would add bloat to the distribution but I suppose it's
> better than adding mandatory bloat to the kernel.
> 
>